7th Pay Commission Latest News: 18 months dearness allowance arrear will not be given to central employees. This is the DA Arrear payment for that one and a half year, when the dearness allowance was frozen by the government due to the corona virus epidemic.
7th Pay Commission Latest News: Central employees will no longer get the money of DA Arrear for 18 months stuck from the year 2020. Dearness allowance stopped at the time of Covid-19 transition i.e. three installments of dearness allowance will not be given. Central employees waiting for 18 months DA arrears have suffered a major setback. The Central Government has made it clear that the arrears of DA withheld from January 2020 to June 2021 will not be given.
Finance Ministry rejected DA Arrear’s proposal
18 months dearness allowance arrear will not be given to central employees. This is the DA Arrear payment for that one and a half year, when the dearness allowance was frozen by the government due to the corona virus epidemic. But, now the central government has made it clear that there is no thought on giving arrears. The Finance Ministry has turned down the request of pensioners to release 3 installments of Dearness Relief Arrear withheld during the Covid-19 pandemic for immediate relief work.
DA arrears installment will not be released
It is estimated that the total amount of arrears of DR (for pensioners) and dearness allowance (for DA-employees) for central government employees is around Rs 34,000 crore. In the 32nd meeting of the Standing Committee on Voluntary Agencies to review pension rules, a representative of the Department of Expenditure (DOI) clarified that the arrears of the previous DA and DR will not be released. Let us tell you, DOI is a branch of the Union Finance Ministry itself.
DA and DR have increased 3 times
After the removal of the ban on DA from July 1, 2021, Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief have been increased 3 times. An official of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions said that the Department of Pensions looks after the welfare of pensioners and resolves their grievances at several levels. But, the distribution of DA and DR does not come under the purview of the ministry. However, the government had released the last increased three installments of DA-DR from July 1. Let us tell you, the dearness allowance of central employees was increased from July 1 to 28 percent. Earlier, they were getting paid at the rate of 17 per cent. At the same time, in October 2021, it was increased to 3 percent and 31 percent. At the same time, in March 2022, once again the dearness allowance has been increased by 3 percent.
Who owes how much DA arrears?
As a rough estimate, Central Employees (Kendriye Karmchari) whose minimum grade pay of Rs 1800 (Level-1 Basic Pay Scale range 18000 to 56900) make an arrear of Rs 4320 [{4 percent of 18000} X 6]. At the same time, [{4 percent of 56900}X6] people get Rs 13,656. Under the 7th Pay Commission (7th Pay Commission), the DA arrears of central employees on the minimum grade pay (Pay grade for CG employees) from July to December 2020 were Rs 3,240 [{3 percent of 18,000}x6]. At the same time, [{3 percent of Rs 56,9003}x6] those who had dues of Rs 10,242. At the same time, if we calculate DA arrears between January and July 2021, 4,320 [{4 per cent of Rs 18,000}x6] was outstanding. At the same time, [{4 per cent of ₹56,900}x6] had an outstanding balance of Rs 13,656. The government has refused to release it.
